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May. 15, 2014 at 3:54 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 15 – The Canadian dollar was slightly firmer compared to the US dollar on Thursday, seeing some follow-through buying on Wednesday’s advances, analysts said. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.9194 or US$1=C$1.0877 on Thursday, which compares with Wednesday’s North American settlement of US$0.9189 […]

May. 15, 2014 at 12:05 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, May 15 – The Canadian dollar rose slightly against its US counterpart at midday Thursday, as a better-then-expected manufacturing report helped offset pressures elsewhere. The loonie trended slightly upward after Statistics Canada reported manufacturing sales in March rose 0.4% to C$50.9 billion. This exceeded […]

May. 15, 2014 at 9:01 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, May 15 – The Canadian dollar was slightly higher against its US counterpart Thursday morning as the loonie held onto momentum gained yesterday. Statistics Canada reported manufacturing sales were up 0.4% in March due to sales of plastics, machinery and food. This had a […]

May. 14, 2014 at 3:50 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, May 14 – The Canadian dollar closed firmer relative to the US dollar on Wednesday, following the advances seen in other commodity-linked currencies, including the New Zealand and Australian dollars, analysts said. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.9189 or US$1=C$1.0882 on Wednesday, which compares […]

May. 14, 2014 at 12:02 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, May 14 – The Canadian dollar was up slightly against its US counterpart at midday Wednesday, on the back of rising commodity prices. The TSX gold sector advanced one percent while June bullion jumped $10.20 to US$1,305 an ounce. The energy sector was up […]